Karimganj South Assembly constituency

Karimganj South
Constituency No. 4 for the Assam Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Assam
District	Karimganj
Lok Sabha constituency	Karimganj
Established	1951
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Assam Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Siddeque Ahmed
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2021

Karimganj South Assembly constituency is one of the 126 constituencies of the Legislative Assembly of Assam state in northeastern India.^[1]

Karimganj South (constituency number 4) is one of the 5 constituencies located in Karimganj district.^[2][3] Karimganj South is part of the Karimganj Lok Sabha constituency along with 7 other assembly segments, namely, Patharkandi, Karimganj North, Ratabari in Karimganj district, Hailakandi, Katlicherra and Algapur in Hailakandi district.

Members of Legislative Assembly

• 1957: Abdul Munim Choudhury, Indian National Congress
• 1962: Abdul Munim Choudhury, Indian National Congress
• 1967: P. Choudhury, Indian National Congress
• 1972: Sudarsan Das, Indian National Congress
• 1978: Abdul Muqtadir Choudhury, Indian National Congress
• 1983: Abdul Muqtadir Choudhury, Indian National Congress
• 1985: Abdul Muqtadir Choudhury, Indian National Congress
• 1991: Pranab Kumar Nath, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 1996: Abdul Muqtadir Choudhury, Indian National Congress
• 2001: Siddeque Ahmed, Samata Party
• 2006: Siddeque Ahmed, Indian National Congress
• 2011: Siddeque Ahmed, Indian National Congress
• 2016: Aziz Ahmed Khan, All India United Democratic Front
• 2021: Siddeque Ahmed,^[4] Indian National Congress

Election results

2016

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Karimganj South^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIUDF	Aziz Ahmed Khan	58,060	45.20
	INC	Siddique Ahmed	53,644	41.76
	BJP	Sipra Goon	11,861	9.23
	Independent	Monarul Haque	815	0.63
	Independent	Mosud Ahmed	592	0.46
	Independent	Aziruddin	391	0.30
	Independent	Moinuddin	366	0.28
	Independent	Maynul Haque	265	0.20
	Independent	Sufian Ahmed	264	0.20
	Independent	Bilaluddin	242	0.18
	Independent	Taj Md. Kamaluddin Khan	212	0.16
	Independent	Jamal Ahmed	199	0.15
	Independent	Abdul Hamid	159	0.12
	Independent	Ahmed Ali	157	0.12
	Independent	Abu Barkat Nizamuddin Ahmed	150	0.11
	Independent	Muktar Hussain	122	0.09
	Independent	Saduddin	106	0.08
	Independent	Sahajan Ahmed	105	0.08
	Independent	Qamarul Islam	98	0.07
	Independent	Sarifuddin	97	0.07
	Independent	Faizul Haque	95	0.07
	Independent	Kabiruddin	90	0.07
	Independent	Salimuddin	80	0.06
	Independent	Sabir Ahmed	56	0.04
	Independent	Rajib Das	43	0.03
	NOTA	None of the above	173	0.13
Majority			4,416	3.44
Turnout			1,28,442	79.96
Registered electors			1,60,632
	AIUDF gain from INC		Swing

External links

• "Results of all Assam Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.

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References

1. "Delimitation of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies Order - 2008". Election Commission of India. 26 November 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
2. "List of Assembly constituencies showing their Parliamentary constituences wise break-up" (PDF). www.ceoassam.nic.in. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
3. "Map of Assam showing District-wise assembly and Parliamentary constituencies" (PDF). www.ceoassam.nic.in. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
4. "Assam General Legislative Election 2021". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
5. "Assam General Legislative Election 2016". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 November 2021.